0:00:09 > 0:00:13Gerry Anderson is one of the UK's 7.6 million men
0:00:13 > 0:00:14who's losing his hair
0:00:14 > 0:00:16and he'd like to know how to stop it.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Hair loss and dry scalps.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Oh, here we are, here we are, here we are!
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Do you know stuff where you can...?
0:00:24 > 0:00:25The stuff you spray on and hide a bald patch?
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Do you do that kind of thing?
0:00:27 > 0:00:29It's hair care.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31What I want is hair creation!
0:00:31 > 0:00:34- I need more than nourishment.- OK. - I need refurbishment!- OK.
0:00:34 > 0:00:38"Expert hair research, thicker, fuller in 30 seconds." That's quick!
0:00:38 > 0:00:40But look at the price of these!
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Here's one for 70 quid.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47And you probably, don't notice it, but I've...
0:00:47 > 0:00:49losing a little hair!
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Many men find that when they reach a certain age
0:00:56 > 0:00:59their hair begins to disappear.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01This is something they generally don't like
0:01:01 > 0:01:03and don't want to talk about.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05- Do you feel less attractive with less hair?- No!
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Because I've got used to having a good head of hair, you see?
0:01:09 > 0:01:12- All my life, for a very long, long time.- Yeah.
0:01:12 > 0:01:17And, you know, you kind of miss it. I mean, is part of it, but...
0:01:17 > 0:01:22It has, I mean, it has, sort of, dramatically gone more now.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25- Not dramatically!- Well, since I've known you it's gone...
0:01:25 > 0:01:27- In, well, it has a lot more. - Well, OK, thanks.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30- It's been a few years. We've known each other a while.- I know.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Well, you see, these things are progressive.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36You get to the present day and you get to the age that I am now,
0:01:36 > 0:01:39which is over 40, and you look at these other people
0:01:39 > 0:01:41who are getting stuff done, you know?
0:01:41 > 0:01:45And you think back at a time when you couldn't get anything done.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Just look Elton John, wealthiest man in the world,
0:01:47 > 0:01:51he tried everything but, you see, he couldn't get anything done
0:01:51 > 0:01:54- that was worthwhile until about five years ago...- Yeah.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57..and, even then, people didn't believe it, but now it's absolutely,
0:01:57 > 0:02:00there's no, kind of, reason why you can't do it.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02You can get a hair transplant, you can!
0:02:02 > 0:02:03And it's...
0:02:03 > 0:02:08the only thing that keeps you back is what other people might think.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12Would you be frightened if you went to have a wee bit put on,
0:02:12 > 0:02:14that they would say you were being vain?
0:02:14 > 0:02:18Probably, yeah. If I'm being honest, yeah, I probably would think that.
0:02:18 > 0:02:24You know, if I could, if I could do something about it, I would.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Every morning for the past 20 odd years
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Gerry's show has been on the air.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35There is no rehearsal and no script.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39BBC Radio Foyle, home of the stars!
0:02:41 > 0:02:43It's much smaller than I thought it was going to be.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47Well, it's only a local station, really, but it's nice. I love it.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50You don't have a plaque thing for your name or anything, Gerry, look.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52No, no, I asked for one!
0:02:52 > 0:02:55- HE LAUGHS - I thought it would say "Gerald Michael Anderson".
0:02:55 > 0:02:58"Gerald Michael Anderson parked his car here until he died."
0:02:58 > 0:03:00THEY LAUGH
0:03:00 > 0:03:02"He went for a hair transplant and it killed him.
0:03:02 > 0:03:03"The anaesthetic killed him!"
0:03:03 > 0:03:05THEY LAUGH
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Good morning, ladies!
0:03:11 > 0:03:12- BOTH:- Morning!
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Those who work with him at Radio Foyle
0:03:15 > 0:03:18know that once he is interested in a topic
0:03:18 > 0:03:21it often becomes a discussion on the airwaves.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24# Born free
0:03:25 > 0:03:27# As free as the wind... #
0:03:27 > 0:03:30- He's got hair on this picture! - Good hair there, yes.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32That's a while ago, surely?
0:03:32 > 0:03:34# ..free as the grass grows... #
0:03:34 > 0:03:36- It's a great picture.- Aye.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38That's Roma Downey.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39Oh, my goodness, wow!
0:03:39 > 0:03:43And who this is I don't know but look at the hair!
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Look at the shoulder-length hair.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50(I know.) Actually, God, he has a lot of hair in that one, doesn't he?
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- Yes, you see? It's good hair. - Doesn't he? He really does.- Hm-hm.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59So, tell me, what do you think of his nibs and his hair situation?
0:03:59 > 0:04:02I'll be surprised if he gets it done,
0:04:02 > 0:04:05but I think he should get it done.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07No matter how often they are discouraged,
0:04:07 > 0:04:12his regular listeners are always at hand to offer their advice.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- Hello, good morning! - 'Good morning, Gerry.'
0:04:15 > 0:04:16- Yes, who's this? - 'This is Jimmy here
0:04:16 > 0:04:23'and the best thing for your hair is cod liver oil
0:04:23 > 0:04:26- 'and mud mixed together.'- My God.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29- 'And you drink it.'- Right.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31'I would definitely recommend it.'
0:04:31 > 0:04:33- Hello, good morning. - 'Good morning, Gerry.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36'I have heard of one, if you could get a goat -
0:04:36 > 0:04:39'and there's probably plenty of them running around.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43'That if you take their, er, goats pills or droppings
0:04:43 > 0:04:44'and rub that over your head.'
0:04:44 > 0:04:48- 'Cow dung.'- Ha-ha! Well, I heard that.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51So, have you ever talked to anyone that that worked for?
0:04:51 > 0:04:53- 'Yes, and it works 100%.' - Really?!
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Residue of hedgehog?
0:04:55 > 0:04:56'Residue of hedgehog.'
0:04:56 > 0:04:58That's a new one, I've never heard that. That's fantastic.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Hello, good morning, sir.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03- 'Good morning, Gerry. I've been bald about ten years...'- Have you?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05'..and, to be honest, I have a wig on, you know?
0:05:05 > 0:05:09'You know, I'm like, er, like Yul Brynner, do you know what I mean?
0:05:09 > 0:05:13'I was in Miami and I paid 500 for a wig.'
0:05:13 > 0:05:14Where did you get it?
0:05:14 > 0:05:16'I got it in Miami.'
0:05:16 > 0:05:18What, what is that? Diamry, what is that?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20'Miami! Miami, Florida!'
0:05:25 > 0:05:26HE LAUGHS
0:05:27 > 0:05:29I've known Gerry for over ten years.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33I was curious to know what he looked like when he was younger -
0:05:33 > 0:05:34with more hair.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40Well, that's 40 years ago, for God's sake! You can't stay the way you are.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43And I'm...nearly 50 now, so...
0:05:43 > 0:05:46No, I'm actually... I'm over 60.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48It wasn't easy for me to say that.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50I've never said that before, I always lie.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52I'm going to tell you something now
0:05:52 > 0:05:54which I probably never told you before.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56When I was 25 years old I lived in Dublin.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59There was one night I was playing with a band there,
0:05:59 > 0:06:02and I looked and I noticed that there was a wee gap there.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05That's the first time I noticed it. That was when I was 25!
0:06:05 > 0:06:06So, I panicked, of course.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09I might have thought I was going to lose my hair rapidly,
0:06:09 > 0:06:11which would have meant that I'd have had to leave the band
0:06:11 > 0:06:14because, you know, you can't be a rock 'n' roll baldy man!
0:06:15 > 0:06:16And I went to a clinic,
0:06:16 > 0:06:18and went there for ages and they kept putting stuff in my hair.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21It cost me a fortune and it was absolutely useless.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25Because I don't actually think that I'm losing my hair,
0:06:25 > 0:06:26I don't think that.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Because when I look in the mirror I see this, you see?
0:06:29 > 0:06:33And I'm not too bad. I don't see a bald man, I'm all right.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37It's only, my problem is round the back - the skylight is open, you see?
0:06:37 > 0:06:39- So, when I go...- But you see it, when you see it in the mirror?
0:06:39 > 0:06:42- You see the bald bit at the back? - But you don't look in the mirror.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45The difference is, now, when I get... No, hold on a minute.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47When I get a haircut and the person says,
0:06:47 > 0:06:50"Would you like to have a look at the back?" I say, "No, it's OK."
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- Do you?- Oh, I don't bother, because I'm in denial!
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Gerry decided to look into the possibility
0:06:56 > 0:06:58of having a hair transplant.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03We arrange to go to Dublin,
0:07:03 > 0:07:07to the clinic that famously transformed James Nesbitt's hair.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13I wanted to know if he thought he could improve his appearance.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18- You're stood beside your wife, who looks incredible.- Yeah.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20- She looks amazing for her age and she looks stunning.- Yeah, yeah.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Do you ever feel you let the side down?
0:07:23 > 0:07:25HE LAUGHS Thanks(!)
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- What do you think I am, Quasimodo?! - You're in the public eye...
0:07:28 > 0:07:31- Yes.- ..and you could do more! - No, but I don't think...
0:07:31 > 0:07:33- What does it matter? - No, no, I can do more,
0:07:33 > 0:07:38but I can't really do more than I do do without doing something like this!
0:07:39 > 0:07:41The state-of-the-art clinic in Dublin
0:07:41 > 0:07:44was especially designed to allow patients the utmost privacy
0:07:44 > 0:07:48so we arrive via an underground car park...
0:07:50 > 0:07:51RINGING
0:07:51 > 0:07:54- 'Hello HRBR.' - Hello, Gerry Anderson.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57'Gerry, come on up to the second floor in the lift, there.'
0:07:57 > 0:07:58Thank you. Thank you.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02..and enter via a lift that takes us straight into the clinic itself.
0:08:02 > 0:08:03Woo!
0:08:05 > 0:08:09It's all very high-tech and, kind of, secret.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12- Hey, how are you?- Lovely. Oh, hello, how are you?
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Once upstairs we are shown into a private room.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16The clinic is especially designed
0:08:16 > 0:08:19so that even the patients never meet each other.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Gerry has been asked to complete a questionnaire about his hair.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30"It has affected my normal family social routines.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33"Stressful life events - divorce, redundancy."
0:08:33 > 0:08:37Well, I went through a stressful period, you know?
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Do you mean all that Radio 4 stuff?
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Well, you see there was a time when I was under terrible pressure.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Particularly in England, I was doing a Radio 4 programme every day
0:08:45 > 0:08:48and it wasn't working out, and I was getting terrible publicity,
0:08:48 > 0:08:50and they didn't like me, and all that stuff, you know?
0:08:50 > 0:08:53But also, I was doing, I was travelling back and forward,
0:08:53 > 0:08:55and I was doing a TV show on a Friday night,
0:08:55 > 0:08:57and I was doing all this kind of stuff,
0:08:57 > 0:09:01and, you know, it was really, I was wired the moon, you know?
0:09:01 > 0:09:05And I didn't know it at the time, but now I realise that I was.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09And I remember thinking my hair and look to healthy.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11- I think, I think... - Was it stressful, Gerry?
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Yeah, it was stress, yeah.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14Hi, Gerry, how are you?
0:09:14 > 0:09:17- Good to see you, thank you very much indeed.- Pleased to meet you.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19- OK.- You're very welcome.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Dr Maurice Collins has been named as one Britain's top surgeons
0:09:23 > 0:09:25in a recent survey, and has a client list
0:09:25 > 0:09:28that reads like Hello! magazine.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31He is recognised globally for his pioneering work
0:09:31 > 0:09:33in all areas of hair transplantation.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36I feel a bit nervous about this for some strange reason.
0:09:36 > 0:09:37I probably shouldn't.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40You'd be surprised the amount of courage it takes for a lot of men
0:09:40 > 0:09:43to actually lift the phone and make the appointment.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Do you get people from a wide section,
0:09:46 > 0:09:49I mean, from all kinds of life?
0:09:49 > 0:09:51- Every walk of life comes in here. - Really?- It's amazing.
0:09:52 > 0:09:57I can have an ambassador, I can have a motorcycle courier,
0:09:57 > 0:09:58I can have a priest -
0:09:58 > 0:10:02we've operated on two priests this year, actually, and a nun!
0:10:02 > 0:10:05- And a nun? - Literally, every walk of life.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Do you know the fascinating thing? Hair loss affects them all the same.
0:10:08 > 0:10:13- OK.- When they walk in that door and sit down, there is no difference between anybody.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16It's the most fantastic leveller I've come across.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22I'm just going to have a wee look. If you turn around this way a bit.
0:10:22 > 0:10:27Now, one little thing, Gerry, is, a lot of men will lose hair
0:10:27 > 0:10:31and their temples will recede, whereas, in fact, you've retained
0:10:31 > 0:10:35most of your hairline and that has given you the impression
0:10:35 > 0:10:39of having more hair than there actually is on the top of the scalp.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43The hair at the back of your scalp is immune to the balding process.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46- You're never going to lose this hair here.- Yeah.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49We can actually remove a lot of that
0:10:49 > 0:10:52and relocate it onto the top of the scalp.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55You've fantastic eyebrows. They're brilliant.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58- I worry about my eyebrows. I'm like a baboon.- Yeah.
0:10:58 > 0:11:03- If we transplant, we may be able to harvest some from there.- Please do. Get rid of half of them.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06And your scalp is in very good condition, Gerry.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09I can't believe, after the life I've led
0:11:09 > 0:11:13- that any part of me is...- This is the life of clean living.- God, no.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Obviously, you know different.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Gerry, just looking straight at the camera, please.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27You are not going to like some of these photographs, because they are brutal.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30- I know, I know.- These are very, very bright lights.- Oh, my God.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Oh, don't.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35- The dome of the scalp has become visible here.- Yes.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38- And a lot of men don't like that appearance.- It's not a great look.
0:11:38 > 0:11:43You can also see the shape of the bald man beginning to appear here.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46- See that?- Yes.- The little dome here.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49And then the crown is thinning out at the back here.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52- This is a bit of a shocker here, Gerry.- Well, that's ugly.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56That is the thing, I don't like watching that. I don't like looking at that.
0:11:56 > 0:12:01- I think that looks particularly horrible.- That area there?
0:12:01 > 0:12:05- You can see how extensive the hair loss is.- Not good.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11The likelihood is that all of this hair that we are looking at here is going to disappear.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15All of us this hair here. You're going to always keep this,
0:12:15 > 0:12:19but if I were to tell you that all that hair is going to disappear...
0:12:21 > 0:12:24..that would be quite frightening, really.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27- That's... It's going to happen. - Yeah, it is going to happen.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29This is the most critical one of the whole lot.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33This is what we call the donor area, all round the back and sides here.
0:12:33 > 0:12:38- OK.- Now, we can take approximately 50% of this hair out?
0:12:38 > 0:12:42- Really?- Without it being visible at the back,
0:12:42 > 0:12:46and then relocate it onto the top of the scalp.
0:12:46 > 0:12:53- We recreate the bridge that was here, so that gets rid of that dome effect at the top, OK?- Yeah.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56The principle of what we do is incredibly simple -
0:12:56 > 0:12:58we take the roses out of the back garden
0:12:58 > 0:13:00and we put them in front garden, right?
0:13:00 > 0:13:04- The principle is incredibly simple. - Go easy on the fertiliser!
0:13:04 > 0:13:07- It's not a step you take lightly. - No, it's not, no.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11Doctor, thanks a million. I've really enjoyed it. Thank you for your hospitality.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13- Pleasure. - Thank you very much, indeed.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16And so I'll just contact you and we'll see what happens?
0:13:16 > 0:13:22Do your homework first and then if you feel this is the appropriate step for you, just give us a call.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Then, the next step will be the planning. That takes place about
0:13:25 > 0:13:29a month to six weeks before the actual transplant procedure itself.
0:13:29 > 0:13:30OK. Doctor, thank you very much.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33- Once again, it's been a great pleasure, Gerry.- OK, thank you.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37I would be... I'd be quite encouraged.
0:13:37 > 0:13:42I think I might have a crack at that, but I want to think about it.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50Gerry had heard that James Nesbitt was home seeing his family.
0:13:50 > 0:13:55Undecided on what to do with his hair, we went to ask Jimmy for his advice.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59I'm originally from Broughshane.
0:13:59 > 0:14:04The very notion of even doing an interview here, talking about the fact that I may have had
0:14:04 > 0:14:09a bit of work done on my hair is kind of embarrassing. It's not the sort of thing you go into, really.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11It's not that painful, to tell you the truth.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14I got there very early in the morning, quite nervous.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16But they give you this fantastic concoction of drugs.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18It's worth doing it just for that.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22It's a complicated procedure, but a very safe procedure.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23And the end results are good.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27They take a strip from there and they take it off
0:14:27 > 0:14:31and they separate the fat from the follicles or whatever it is.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34They separate them all - wash, clean, prepare them.
0:14:34 > 0:14:39Now, what happens is, after three weeks, this hair, that all just falls out,
0:14:39 > 0:14:43but the follicle is now implanted. But for about two or three weeks, you see yourself. It's class.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47It would be easy for me to say I did it for my career.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51I don't know if I did. In your career, you can wear wigs.
0:14:51 > 0:14:57I just think I was, somehow, trying to hang onto the dying of the light.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01And I think, as loath as I am to say it,
0:15:01 > 0:15:06because there are a lot more important things happening in the world than this,
0:15:06 > 0:15:10but it certainly changed my life... for the better.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14It's a safe, happy-ending procedure. You should definitely do it.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18- I'm all right, the way you look at me now, but round the back, I'm in trouble.- Yeah, yeah.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20You don't have to agree so readily!
0:15:20 > 0:15:24- Stop looking at me. Get away from me. - That is the whole point. - Get away from me!
0:15:24 > 0:15:27- All round there, he would just... - He would, yeah.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31And I tell you, it would make you feel a lot better.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34I mean, you could do... It would go well.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37I know, but you don't see that when you're sitting over there.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40- We'll let you know if he ends up in the clinic or not.- You should.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44- See Five Minutes To Heaven? It was fantastic.- Thank you.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Gerry was so encouraged by Jimmy's new hair,
0:15:47 > 0:15:52before I knew it, we were back in Dublin for the pre-operation assessment.
0:15:52 > 0:15:57- That's it.- OK. Now, there you go. You can relax your arm.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59The pre-op is a full medical check-up
0:15:59 > 0:16:02and happens a few weeks before the transplant.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05- Are you feeling stressed? - No, I'm fine.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09- I like having my arm squeezed! - It's not the nicest feeling.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12No, I don't mind it at all. I'm...a pervert.
0:16:14 > 0:16:19- We are going to look at your donor hair now.- So this is a density check?- That's it, yeah.
0:16:19 > 0:16:24It is the average in each square centimetre you have.
0:16:27 > 0:16:33Maurice has suggested transplanting around 3,500 hair grafts, at approximately ten Euros a hair.
0:16:33 > 0:16:38Your donor hair is good. Your density is good.
0:16:38 > 0:16:43- It is definitely very good around here.- Pop your head down there.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50- There you go.- All right, then.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55They are all strong. And you have big groupings, too.
0:16:55 > 0:17:00- So it's not as if I am a lost cause? - No, you have good donor hair.- Good.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04So are you going to just, kind of, chart out what you may want to do with me?
0:17:04 > 0:17:07No, we're going to chart out what YOU would like to achieve.
0:17:07 > 0:17:12- Oh, so I've got a choice here? - You do, yes.- But supposing I make the wrong choice?
0:17:12 > 0:17:15- You might say, "That's silly." - We will. We will guide you.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20Ideally, what I would like would be a thickening of the hair which is not immediately noticeable.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23- Are you going to draw it and show it to me?- No, we'll draw it on you.
0:17:23 > 0:17:28- But how will I see it, then?- We will show you in the mirror.- I could have worked that out myself, couldn't I?
0:17:28 > 0:17:33- So it's this whole area that you'd like thickened up, is that right?- Yeah, yeah.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36- And, kind of, like, there, you know?- Yeah.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44Usually, when you see the design, it makes a bit more sense.
0:17:44 > 0:17:45Yeah, yeah.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58- Yeah.- It's good. OK, here you go.
0:17:58 > 0:18:05Oh, my God, that's weird. I look like some kind of...Mohawk.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08- So explain to me... - Let me explain that to you.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12- We'd start our hairline from here. - Right.- Can you see how I've marked where your crown used to be?- Yes.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18If we fill this in here, can you see how it makes the crown smaller?
0:18:18 > 0:18:19Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23If we get between 3,000 and 3,500 out, if we get the three and a half,
0:18:23 > 0:18:27if you put 500 in here, it's a large area, but it will take the edge off
0:18:27 > 0:18:28that baldness.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32- I may possibly be able to obscure it mostly? Mostly obscure it?- Yes.
0:18:32 > 0:18:37That final decision of what you want to do with the crown, you can decide on the day.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40That's great. That's very clear. Thank you very much.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44Is it for me? But I tell you what, it's great.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48If you don't want to book surgery, there is no obligation, just because you've been here today.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52You can come back any amount of times you want to re-discuss that.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54Are you quite surprised, Gerry?
0:18:54 > 0:18:57No, I'm not surprised. I knew it was great.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59But when you do actually see it with your own eyes,
0:18:59 > 0:19:03you realise that it is good. It is good.
0:19:03 > 0:19:08The clinic has given Gerry a DVD of the transplant operation,
0:19:08 > 0:19:12so we can have a better idea of what to expect.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16I'm only watching this video just to confirm what I think I already know -
0:19:16 > 0:19:21that this is the best you can have and that this is going to work.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26But I'm still worried that if people think I am terribly vain.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29I am still worried about that. A wee bit worried.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34Because that's not the reason I'm doing this. That's not the reason.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38Well, when I say, "I am doing this," I am pre-empting myself, but I know I'm going to do it.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41I'm supposed to be making up my mind, but I made up my mind as soon as I walked in there, really.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46I'm not doing it because of vanity.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49It's very difficult to explain.
0:19:49 > 0:19:54It's just... Why not? Why not?
0:19:54 > 0:19:58- You haven't seen the operation yet. - I haven't seen the operation yet.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00'..misleading and exhausting.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04'At HRBR, we begin with a private consultation with a qualified consultant.'
0:20:04 > 0:20:07I am not sure if I want to watch this or not.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10- Are you squeamish? - I am a bit squeamish.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14Any time I get an injection, I have to look away.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17'The donor strip is a long, narrow strip,
0:20:17 > 0:20:20'taken from the area of permanent hair unaffected by baldness.'
0:20:20 > 0:20:25Ah, they do take a strip of your skin. I didn't think they did.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28I thought they took out the little hairs just, but they take a lump of your skin.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32'Each hair follicle is individually prepared and precisely implanted.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36'It's a highly specialised and labour-intensive procedure,
0:20:36 > 0:20:41'during which thousands of individual grafts may be transplanted in a single day.'
0:20:41 > 0:20:43It's like been filleted.
0:20:46 > 0:20:51Dr Collins' DVD demonstrates just how successful the transplants are,
0:20:51 > 0:20:54by showing how new hair grows over a year.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Gerry, however, has decided
0:21:02 > 0:21:05that he isn't sure about the idea of going under the knife.
0:21:05 > 0:21:10So he's asked me to help him look for other, non-surgical, alternatives.
0:21:10 > 0:21:15But there is nothing else, really. In Britain, you haven't got that many options.
0:21:15 > 0:21:20Maurice is here, you know that now.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24Well, he's the specialist, yeah, you know, and he is great,
0:21:24 > 0:21:26but, you know, what's the alternative?
0:21:26 > 0:21:30- Have you ever looked for anything like this before?- No.- OK.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34There was an article in the paper the other day about a man who had
0:21:34 > 0:21:37been growing hair on mice and stuff, and it said something like,
0:21:37 > 0:21:42"The cure for baldness is coming soon," type of thing.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44But I don't know when. I'll put it in.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47- Strap a mouse to your head. - No, they put hair on the mice. They didn't strap it.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52- OK.- Here we go...
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Cure for baldness - could be on sale within five years.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Dr George...Cotsarelis?
0:21:59 > 0:22:01HE SPEED READS
0:22:01 > 0:22:02A different approach.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06If you do that, then, is there part of the process
0:22:06 > 0:22:09of the transplant where they cut you and they...
0:22:09 > 0:22:12You see, this is what you don't want. They're going to cut you, anyway. They have to cut you.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16They have to cut bits out of your head and put it on another part of your head.
0:22:16 > 0:22:17That immediately does not appeal.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21To get a broader picture, we know we probably have to go to America.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25- Yep.- I would say so.- Well, there isn't anything else here.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28That's the option. There is nothing else here.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32It's really hard to even find people here who will talk about hair loss.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35- It's just so taboo.- We have to go where the crazy people are.
0:22:35 > 0:22:40MUSIC: "Empire State of Mind" by Jay-Z, featuring Alicia Keys
0:22:40 > 0:22:46So, Gerry and I hit the States and prepare to embrace hair loss on an entirely different level.
0:22:53 > 0:22:58I wanted to see if Gerry was open to the possibility of a hairpiece...
0:23:01 > 0:23:04..so I arranged to take him to see a man who made wigs to the stars,
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Joseph Paris - the toupee king.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14After 45 years in hair replacement,
0:23:14 > 0:23:17Joseph's clients included Ol' Blue Eyes himself, Frank Sinatra.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19# You make me feel like spring has sprung. #
0:23:19 > 0:23:23We were close friends since 1964.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25And then I went on to be his hairdresser.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29Went for transplants in early '60s and then he was using powders.
0:23:29 > 0:23:34Then he said, "Joe, I'm going to be going on tour. Would you be kind enough to make me a hairpiece?
0:23:34 > 0:23:40Now almost priceless, Joseph keeps a collection of Frank's wigs in a special glass case.
0:23:40 > 0:23:45- So Frank actually wore these? - Oh, yeah. He wouldn't answer a doorbell without it.
0:23:45 > 0:23:50The darker shades are early Sinatra and, as the years went by, he got greyer and greyer.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53You don't want to tell anybody you're wearing a hairpiece.
0:23:53 > 0:23:58I tell you what, Gerry, I'm wearing one. Let me show you.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01METALLIC CLICKING
0:24:05 > 0:24:07- I still have hair, so I put a few clips in it.- Right.
0:24:07 > 0:24:15Normally, with a hair replacement, it's either tape...or clips.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18But you're not too bad, for God's sake.
0:24:21 > 0:24:22Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:24:25 > 0:24:30It takes me seconds to put it on, because all I do is this...
0:24:30 > 0:24:33One, two...and three.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37- I slip it on. I go one... - METALLIC CLICK
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Yeah, yeah, I'm looking at it.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43That's great. I thought there was a second part that clips into.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46It actually just clips to the hair.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50I if had it, I wouldn't be taking it off in front of the cameras. You're not self-conscious about it.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53This is my business. I'm not self-conscious about...
0:24:53 > 0:24:56If you lost your teeth, you'd replace them. Why not your hair?
0:24:56 > 0:24:59His wigs are hand-stitched on site
0:24:59 > 0:25:03using human hair, and start from around 2,500.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07There's no doubt Joseph's hairpieces are top of the range.
0:25:07 > 0:25:12He had prepared one that he thought would be perfect for Gerry.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15I would feel weird about that.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19Gerry, first of all, it has to be thin enough
0:25:19 > 0:25:22- that you can almost read a newspaper through it.- OK.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24And we have to recreate a natural hairline.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Seeing you do that, it looks like a werewolf! Look! Look at his hand!
0:25:27 > 0:25:29He looks like a werewolf there!
0:25:29 > 0:25:32If you look you can part this anywhere and have it look like
0:25:32 > 0:25:34it's growing right out of your scalp,
0:25:34 > 0:25:36and that's my hand underneath.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40We would put this right behind your own hairline
0:25:40 > 0:25:44and you would comb your own hair right into it, similar to what I do.
0:25:44 > 0:25:45I wouldn't wear that.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47I hope you don't mind saying, but I just don't...
0:25:47 > 0:25:50You have to want to, don't you? You have to want to.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52There's nobody on this planet Earth
0:25:52 > 0:25:55- gonna comb your hair better than you do.- I know.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58So, if it's lightweight,
0:25:58 > 0:26:01and it takes a matter of seconds to put it on...
0:26:01 > 0:26:03- No, I can't see myself doing that. - Why not?- No! No!
0:26:03 > 0:26:07- I tell you what, if I even put one of mine on you...- No!
0:26:07 > 0:26:09No, I don't want! I don't want to put one on!
0:26:10 > 0:26:13I think he's quite shy about it, Joseph,
0:26:13 > 0:26:15- so I'm going to leave the room... - GERRY CACKLES
0:26:15 > 0:26:18- He's quite shy about it.- I don't want one, do you know what I mean?
0:26:18 > 0:26:20That's different.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23As Joseph tried to persuade him, I left the room.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Gerry couldn't get out of the wig place quick enough.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34I caught up with him in Times Square to see what was on his mind.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38When you held that wig and that, did it repulse you?
0:26:38 > 0:26:42No, it didn't repulse me. The last thing I wanted was to put it on.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45I felt like an extra out of One Million Years BC.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48No, I just didn't feel any affinity towards it.
0:26:48 > 0:26:49It wasn't a thing that I wanted.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51And it's very difficult to say that.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54I wouldn't feel natural, I wouldn't feel normal.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57I would feel as if I have, kind of, something wrong with me
0:26:57 > 0:26:59and I'd feel as if...
0:26:59 > 0:27:02I wouldn't be comfortable at all.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05I know there's all kinds of ways where he can say that it's OK
0:27:05 > 0:27:08to have it on, you're not aware of it, but I would be.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11I mean, you've got a thing on top of your head, for God's sake.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14You know, there's no way you can avoid that.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18What I didn't particularly like were the clips. The snap of the clips.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21I didn't like the idea that the glue,
0:27:21 > 0:27:23and I didn't like the idea of the thing being stuck...
0:27:23 > 0:27:25No, it's all wrong!
0:27:25 > 0:27:26It's all wrong.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28For me.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Our trip hadn't got off to a very good start.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35I felt that Gerry was upset with me
0:27:35 > 0:27:37because I tried to make him wear a wig.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Let's hope tomorrow works out better.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Our next appointment was in Cleveland,
0:27:53 > 0:27:56and Gerry was prepared for the long trip.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58I'm going to be sick.
0:27:58 > 0:28:03The best thing about America are Lifesavers. Hard Candy.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06Hawaiian fruits. I've an addictive personality.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10I just bought those five minutes ago, they're nearly all gone.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13Six minutes up the road I'll have these eaten and I will feel sick.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17You put that one in already? You haven't even finished the last one!
0:28:17 > 0:28:19You're not quick enough for me.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21- Let's have one. - No! No! Stop eating them!
0:28:21 > 0:28:24- Is this about...?- Go away! They are mine! They are mine!
0:28:26 > 0:28:27It's a disgrace!
0:28:27 > 0:28:30There may not be another place I can buy these for another five minutes.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34I saw you looking at the unsweetened sweets in there,
0:28:34 > 0:28:36- the sugar-free sweets.- Mmm.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40- I regard that as heresy.- Do you think they understand you over here?
0:28:40 > 0:28:43They don't understand me, no, they think I'm crazy.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46Nearly everywhere I go they look at me as if I'm...
0:28:46 > 0:28:49The thing about America is I always ask them questions.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52They don't like that. They don't like asking questions.
0:28:52 > 0:28:56For instance, if I order pancakes and maple syrup
0:28:56 > 0:28:59and you get about nine pancakes and maple syrup.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02I would fancy a pancake, but I'm what I would say to the girl
0:29:02 > 0:29:03when she says, "What you want, sir?"
0:29:03 > 0:29:07I would say, "I would like some pancakes and maple syrup, but hold on a minute.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10"How many do you get?" "Maybe nine or ten, sir."
0:29:10 > 0:29:12"And what's on that?" "Maple syrup, sir."
0:29:12 > 0:29:14I'd say, "No, I tell you what I want, give me two.
0:29:14 > 0:29:18"I'll pay for the ten, but just give me two
0:29:18 > 0:29:19"and just a little bit of maple syrup."
0:29:19 > 0:29:22That's a whole big serious thing. They can't handle that.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24They have to go in and see the supervisor and everything
0:29:24 > 0:29:26and they think you're a troublemaker.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29Anybody who does not order what exactly is on the menu,
0:29:29 > 0:29:32whatever it is, is regarded as a person who is going to cause trouble.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40We've an appointment with Dr Bob Haber,
0:29:40 > 0:29:43a hair transplant surgeon who has been developing
0:29:43 > 0:29:46his own award-winning hair restoration techniques.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49- Tell me, tell me about this. - Well, this is a very...
0:29:49 > 0:29:52This is my, the greatest honour I've ever received
0:29:52 > 0:29:55which is called the Golden Follicle award
0:29:55 > 0:29:57and it's an award given by my peers,
0:29:57 > 0:29:59by my colleagues in the field of hair restoration,
0:29:59 > 0:30:04to recognise my academic and surgical contributions to the field.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07So it's something that is given to just one doctor in the world
0:30:07 > 0:30:11every year and it came as a great surprise a couple of years ago.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13- That's your Oscar.- Yes.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16A special honour. It's very nice.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18- What room is this, Bob? - This is my surgery room here.- OK.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21So this is where we do our hair transplantation.
0:30:21 > 0:30:22The patient here. We have our microscopes.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26Everything here is microscopically controlled surgery.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29Why is it that the hair on the back of your head
0:30:29 > 0:30:31lasts a lifetime and the hair at the top is disposable?
0:30:31 > 0:30:32Excellent question.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34- Next question! - GERRY CHUCKLES
0:30:34 > 0:30:36- God only knows! - Nobody knows that.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39There is a Nobel Prize waiting for someone who can answer that question.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45So my most recent area of research is nonsurgical.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48This is what's called a light cap. Now, light, or laser light,
0:30:48 > 0:30:51was first noticed to grow hair a long time ago.
0:30:51 > 0:30:551967, in Hungary, it was accidentally discovered by researchers
0:30:55 > 0:31:00that mice that were exposed to low-level light treatments
0:31:00 > 0:31:03had their hair grow back faster than mice that did not.
0:31:03 > 0:31:08So that was the beginning of the theories of photo-biostimulation
0:31:08 > 0:31:13and the idea of, can we design a device that actually grows hair?
0:31:13 > 0:31:16This particular device has lots and lots of laser light.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20It's a red light, and the idea is that the light is affecting
0:31:20 > 0:31:22a structure called mitochondria.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26- So this is the...- Wow! - ..the light cap. It's very powerful.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29- Oh, my God. - There's 240 lasers in here,
0:31:29 > 0:31:34compared to some other devices that have nine or 12 lasers or 80 lasers.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36So, this device, unlike some other devices,
0:31:36 > 0:31:40will expose pretty much the entire affected area of the scalp
0:31:40 > 0:31:42to laser light.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44So how long would you wear this?
0:31:44 > 0:31:48The current treatment is about 30 minutes every other day.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Would you see results after...what?
0:31:51 > 0:31:53We expect to see results...
0:31:53 > 0:31:56And remember, some results might be just be not getting any worse.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58If we're going to see a positive result,
0:31:58 > 0:32:01we tell a patient not to expect that for about for about six months.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04- Put that on your head.- You wouldn't do it at night, let's say.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Well, not unless you wanted to... You know...
0:32:07 > 0:32:10Let's see if that's going.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12So there it is. You can't really see what's going on.
0:32:12 > 0:32:18- No, you can't see anything. - This is painless. That's great.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21They are for sale. It's an expensive device because it's...
0:32:21 > 0:32:25- How expensive?- It's a 3,000 device. - 3,000 baseball cap.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28- 3,000 baseball cap.- OK!
0:32:28 > 0:32:31- And you think it works? - I think it works, absolutely.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33If Gerry was concerned about his current look
0:32:33 > 0:32:35and wanted to have a thicker, fuller head of hair
0:32:35 > 0:32:38then the light cap probably wouldn't be enough.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42It's part of the treatment programme to help hold on to what you have.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45It's great. It's great to know that something like this exists.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48You know... God, you couldn't look at that, could you?
0:32:48 > 0:32:51Is that how you turn it off? Like that?
0:32:51 > 0:32:55Gerry seems slightly bemused by Bob's laser hat.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57I think he knew that it wasn't the answer
0:32:57 > 0:32:59to replacing his missing hair.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04Next stop Philadelphia, to meet a scientist
0:33:04 > 0:33:08who was making world headlines with his groundbreaking research.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10But I made one fatal mistake.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12I let Gerry drive.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16- SAT NAV:- 'Recalculating. Take ramp on right.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19'Turn right on South Street.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21'Then turn left to I76 East.
0:33:21 > 0:33:25'Continue 0.2 miles then turn left on College Street.'
0:33:25 > 0:33:27- The one you- BLEEP- missed before!
0:33:27 > 0:33:29'Turn right on Roosevelt Avenue.
0:33:29 > 0:33:30'Then turn left. Recalculating.'
0:33:30 > 0:33:34HORNS HONK
0:33:34 > 0:33:36I'm really scared!
0:33:36 > 0:33:38GERRY LAUGHS
0:33:38 > 0:33:39Doesn't scare me.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42That's what worries me!
0:33:42 > 0:33:44'Turn left on Crescent Boulevard.'
0:33:44 > 0:33:48We don't really know where we're going. Can I point that out now? OK.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50- What's the- BLEEP- middle one? Is that just red, amber, green?
0:33:50 > 0:33:54Most traffic lights are red, amber, green.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56I'm a wee bit colour blind.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58So, you're telling us you're colour blind?
0:33:58 > 0:34:02- Do we need to tell you what colour that light is? It's green, it's green!- I'm guessing here.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06# Life in the fast lane Surely make you lose your mind
0:34:06 > 0:34:08# Life in the fast lane... #
0:34:12 > 0:34:16You can't get out of the car! You've put the window down.
0:34:16 > 0:34:21Pennsylvania University, Department of Dermatology.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23As we waited to see Dr Cotsarelis,
0:34:23 > 0:34:26Gerry found the Victorian medical drawings fascinating.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31There's psoriasis, and leprosy is over here.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35There's everything here except the Elephant Man, and then I saw this.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37You know?
0:34:37 > 0:34:40Through a series of experiments, Dr George Cotsarelis
0:34:40 > 0:34:44has found that stem cells do not develop properly
0:34:44 > 0:34:48in balding scalps, compared with relatively hairy ones.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50He and his team have been working out a way
0:34:50 > 0:34:52to make the cells mature properly,
0:34:52 > 0:34:55allowing the hair to grow by experimenting on mice.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01Doctor, make sure Gerry doesn't break your microscope!
0:35:01 > 0:35:04- He's very accident prone. - Oh, look at that, though.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06- What are we looking at now, Doctor? - This is skin.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08This is the mouse skin
0:35:08 > 0:35:11and these are the human cells that were injected.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13These are the hair follicles here
0:35:13 > 0:35:18and those cells are dividing very rapidly,
0:35:18 > 0:35:21generating the hair itself.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24So, this is like the engine of the hair follicle.
0:35:24 > 0:35:29We use this as a model where we can inject, actually, human cells
0:35:29 > 0:35:35into the mouse skin and look for hair growth from the human cells.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38That's fascinating. It's a bit scary that, you know.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41It shouldn't scare you.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43It's nothing to be scared of.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46- Beautiful structures. - Oh, that's great.
0:35:48 > 0:35:53So, mice have hair that tends to be either growing or resting.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56Normally in our scalps, for example,
0:35:56 > 0:35:5990% of hairs are growing
0:35:59 > 0:36:01and 10% are resting.
0:36:01 > 0:36:05That's nice because you can then study the skin on the mouse
0:36:05 > 0:36:06and look at follicles,
0:36:06 > 0:36:09hair follicles that are in a resting stage
0:36:09 > 0:36:12and watch them go into a growing stage.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15There's a defect in the stem cells
0:36:15 > 0:36:19becoming activated and producing new hair.
0:36:19 > 0:36:23And so, then, now we can focus on
0:36:23 > 0:36:28identifying what's inhibiting the hair,
0:36:28 > 0:36:30the stem cells from growing
0:36:30 > 0:36:35and also possibly what's absent that is preventing the activation.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38So, ultimately, there may be,
0:36:38 > 0:36:41just as now we have two FDA approved treatments,
0:36:41 > 0:36:44down the road hopefully we'll have five or six.
0:36:45 > 0:36:49It could be ten years before anything is commercially available.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51That's not much help for Gerry.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57# California love... #
0:36:57 > 0:37:02Gerry's quest for a hair solution has brought him to Los Angeles,
0:37:02 > 0:37:06a crazy place where anything goes and image is everything.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10I can see that you have beautiful hair and it's all your own.
0:37:10 > 0:37:11Oh, thanks Gerry!
0:37:11 > 0:37:13Yes, Catwoman, everything's real.
0:37:13 > 0:37:14But Gerry, you're delightful!
0:37:14 > 0:37:17- And desirable and rich! - Right, and you're single?
0:37:17 > 0:37:19No, yes, no...
0:37:19 > 0:37:21I don't know. I had to think about that!
0:37:21 > 0:37:22No, I'm not single, how dare you?!
0:37:24 > 0:37:26It's a place that Gerry loves.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28Most people I've ever talked to don't like it.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32They say it's soulless, sprawling, and means nothing.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Of course it's soulless, sprawling and means nothing! It's great!
0:37:34 > 0:37:38It's full of weirdos and sun. Everything that I want.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40I was born to be here.
0:37:40 > 0:37:41The stork went the wrong way.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43It was misdirected.
0:37:43 > 0:37:44Why did it ever go to Northern Ireland
0:37:44 > 0:37:47when it could have dropped me in Santa Monica?
0:37:50 > 0:37:53Gerry's first stop is with Lorraine,
0:37:53 > 0:37:56a hairdresser originally from Belfast.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58She's been living in Santa Monica for 20 years
0:37:58 > 0:38:01and now has her own salon.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05Lorraine and her friend Holly are armed with local knowledge
0:38:05 > 0:38:08of where Gerry can go to fix his hair.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12Well, I guess in Los Angeles, really, here, cosmetic surgery,
0:38:12 > 0:38:16hair is classed as cosmetic, it's very common.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20So, a lot of guys, men, older men,
0:38:20 > 0:38:23young men have already had it.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26I have quite a few clients who have it, I have quite a few clients who
0:38:26 > 0:38:30take medication for it, whether it be prescription or over-the-counter.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33Products here - oh, my God, they're like everywhere,
0:38:33 > 0:38:35what you can use for your hair.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38Even just on the outer, so, superficial.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42To me, you're a prime candidate for,
0:38:42 > 0:38:45- if you wanted to do a transplant, for doing it.- Well, yes.
0:38:45 > 0:38:50Because you're doing it for yourself,
0:38:50 > 0:38:54to feel as vibrant as you do inside, outside.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57People at home don't tend to talk about that so much,
0:38:57 > 0:38:59if they lose their hair they kind of...
0:38:59 > 0:39:02- it's taboo, a wee bit, isn't it, did you find that?- Very.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04I go home once or twice a year and
0:39:04 > 0:39:07every time I go home they're like, "Oh, look at Miss America coming!"
0:39:07 > 0:39:09Because I just talk about everything
0:39:09 > 0:39:10and for me it doesn't matter what it is.
0:39:10 > 0:39:16Men are just as afraid as women are of losing their looks.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18If you said, "Yes, I'm going to go for this,
0:39:18 > 0:39:22"I'm going to do a transplant, a hair transplant, are you fearful
0:39:22 > 0:39:24"of what other people are going to think about you?"
0:39:24 > 0:39:27- Oh, there's always that, yes.- Yes. - They'll say, "Look at the state...
0:39:27 > 0:39:30"What's he got on? What's wrong with him?"
0:39:30 > 0:39:33- You could have a transplant that would work.- Why not?- Why not?
0:39:33 > 0:39:36In case in three months, four months, a year
0:39:36 > 0:39:39that you decide you're going to do it, that's why you need to
0:39:39 > 0:39:42retain all of this and don't cut that short,
0:39:42 > 0:39:45because they'll graft that, so I would, I would retain that
0:39:45 > 0:39:49until you make up your mind 100% what you want to do.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54Encouraged by the girls, Gerry set off to see what
0:39:54 > 0:39:58the surgeons to the rich and famous in Los Angeles have to offer him.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Gerry's first appointment was on the edge of Beverly Hills,
0:40:10 > 0:40:13with Dr Ken Siporin.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16One of the area's registered 3,000 plastic surgeons,
0:40:16 > 0:40:21Dr Siporin is easily found as he's so well-publicised on the internet.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23Many of the links are his own videos.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28I don't know if she wants to be mentioned by name
0:40:28 > 0:40:32but that's my trusty assistant,
0:40:32 > 0:40:37and what we are doing now is an FUE procedure
0:40:37 > 0:40:41on a patient who's already had strip procedures,
0:40:41 > 0:40:45who has very little laxity in his scalp,
0:40:45 > 0:40:48so, we are doing the FUE procedure,
0:40:48 > 0:40:50removing them one at a time...
0:40:50 > 0:40:54- Gerry. Hi, Gerry. Dr Siporin . Nice to meet you.- Hi. Good to see you.
0:40:54 > 0:40:58- Come on in.- Thank you. - We'll just go into my office.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00- Yes. I'll follow you. - Make yourself comfortable.- OK.
0:41:00 > 0:41:04And we'll get to the root of your problem.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07Just give me an indication of what your first thoughts are.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09These are my thoughts.
0:41:09 > 0:41:16First of all, you have a lot of hair loss, from front to back.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20You've maintained your hairline, but you are thinning
0:41:20 > 0:41:25from front to back so, on a typical scale
0:41:25 > 0:41:31that is used to measure or quantify male pattern baldness,
0:41:31 > 0:41:33you are a highly...
0:41:33 > 0:41:39- I'm in trouble. - You have a highly aggressive form.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41You're a Norwood six.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44- A Norwood six?- Yes.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48- Right.- What's the worst thing you can be? A Norwood ten?
0:41:48 > 0:41:50No, no, it's a seven!
0:41:50 > 0:41:52Seven!
0:41:52 > 0:41:58- So I'm just one...- Actually, do you know what, you have good donor hair.
0:41:58 > 0:42:05You know, you do have a lot of good, healthy hair back here.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10So, the truth of the matter is, yes,
0:42:10 > 0:42:17- I do think that you could absolutely get marked improvement.- OK.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21You have to clearly understand what you're getting into.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24- First of all, it costs money. - Lots of money, yeah.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28So there is a financial commitment that you need to make.
0:42:28 > 0:42:34Secondly I think you need to be willing to make a commitment
0:42:34 > 0:42:36to more than one procedure.
0:42:36 > 0:42:41I think you need to know, from the very beginning, the truth.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43Even if a procedure goes well,
0:42:43 > 0:42:47you can have some very, very significant scarring
0:42:47 > 0:42:50on the back of your head. Even if it goes well.
0:42:50 > 0:42:54You can't predict with any certainty how somebody's going to heal.
0:42:54 > 0:42:58Just because the vast majority of patients heal very well,
0:42:58 > 0:43:00doesn't mean one particular patient will.
0:43:00 > 0:43:04Dr Siporin filled Gerry with horror.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06He was on the bald barometer and Norwood seven.
0:43:06 > 0:43:10Nice guy, personable and obviously highly qualified,
0:43:10 > 0:43:11highly thought of in his field,
0:43:11 > 0:43:13but something about that wild look in his eyes
0:43:13 > 0:43:16tells me to get out of there.
0:43:17 > 0:43:22If you talk to crazy people about something in Ireland or England,
0:43:22 > 0:43:26the people you talk to here about the same thing will be much crazier.
0:43:28 > 0:43:33Gerry hoped the next appointment would offer the perfect solution.
0:43:33 > 0:43:36- Nice to meet you.- Thank you very much.- You want, back here with me.
0:43:36 > 0:43:38I follow you.
0:43:38 > 0:43:42Dr Ziering is one of three transplant surgeons in the USA
0:43:42 > 0:43:46who has a robot that takes hairs out individually for transplantation.
0:43:49 > 0:43:53The robot is guided by the surgeon into the selected donor hair area
0:43:53 > 0:43:55and then, with military precision,
0:43:55 > 0:43:58hairs are individually harvested for plantation.
0:44:00 > 0:44:02It's an option that appeals to Gerry
0:44:02 > 0:44:06because it avoids cutting a strip from the back of his head.
0:44:06 > 0:44:07Oh, my God, that's big!
0:44:07 > 0:44:12So, this is known as ARTAS and I call her Sutra.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14Right. OK.
0:44:14 > 0:44:17That just moves on like a car assembly plant, that kind of thing?
0:44:17 > 0:44:22Well, it shifts over and I control every aspect of that.
0:44:22 > 0:44:26- This is space age accuracy, isn't it? - Oh, its precision accuracy.
0:44:26 > 0:44:28You know, with this and the skill we have
0:44:28 > 0:44:32and the artistry that the really good surgeons have,
0:44:32 > 0:44:35you can get very, very natural results
0:44:35 > 0:44:39and there's no reason to confine yourself and restrict yourself
0:44:39 > 0:44:41with what a toupee or wig would do.
0:44:41 > 0:44:45We really can help so many people and it really is a game changer.
0:44:45 > 0:44:48Dr Ziering must first inspect Gerry's hair
0:44:48 > 0:44:52to see if he'd be a suitable candidate for his robot method.
0:44:52 > 0:44:55You're not quite as good a candidate for that procedure,
0:44:55 > 0:44:57actually, in my opinion,
0:44:57 > 0:45:01because you've lost a lot of hair, so that your donor area
0:45:01 > 0:45:05is limited to this area where it's really the most dense.
0:45:05 > 0:45:08You'd do best with the strip procedure because
0:45:08 > 0:45:11with the follicular unit extraction,
0:45:11 > 0:45:16you skip around and take about 15% or 20% of the donor hairs,
0:45:16 > 0:45:21so you'd get a much smaller harvest with your particular case,
0:45:21 > 0:45:24versus the strip which would give you much more hair.
0:45:26 > 0:45:31It's beginning to look like the knife is the only option for Gerry.
0:45:37 > 0:45:39Gerry's concerns about having surgery
0:45:39 > 0:45:42had not been eased by the experts here met so far.
0:45:43 > 0:45:48So he took the opportunity to seek advice from radio host Spencer Kobren.
0:45:48 > 0:45:50'The man who is helping to make hair loss history!'
0:45:50 > 0:45:55The world's bestselling author of hair loss guide The Bald Truth.
0:45:55 > 0:45:58'It's Spencer David Kobren.
0:45:58 > 0:46:00'The Bald Truth!'
0:46:00 > 0:46:04This is a silent epidemic of biblical proportions.
0:46:04 > 0:46:06We're scared s-less to talk about it is.
0:46:06 > 0:46:09Society doesn't allow us to talk about hair loss.
0:46:09 > 0:46:12And that's what this broadcast is for.
0:46:12 > 0:46:15This industry is such a cesspool.
0:46:15 > 0:46:20It's a 3.5 billion a year industry in this country, in North America.
0:46:20 > 0:46:25And 99% of products don't work.
0:46:25 > 0:46:27They're complete bullshit.
0:46:27 > 0:46:29Will not help you.
0:46:29 > 0:46:30In any way, shape or form.
0:46:31 > 0:46:36We have, in the studio with us, a guy by the name of Gerry Anderson.
0:46:36 > 0:46:40I guess he's now kind of admitted that he's part of this
0:46:40 > 0:46:43insane fraternity that no-one wants to really belong to,
0:46:43 > 0:46:46but he's here, and he wants to figure out what he's going to do.
0:46:46 > 0:46:48So, why don't we take a phone call? Johnny.
0:46:48 > 0:46:51- 'How are you buddy?' - Johnny is a long-time caller.
0:46:51 > 0:46:55He is a hair loss sufferer. Again, had a bad hair transplant
0:46:55 > 0:46:58and I guess you're calling to warn Gerry.
0:46:58 > 0:47:01Can I ask you what was your experience? What happened to you?
0:47:01 > 0:47:03'I was in my late 20s,
0:47:03 > 0:47:06'I was losing my hair, ran across a gentleman,
0:47:06 > 0:47:09'a doctor who was a cosmetic surgeon, plastic surgeon.
0:47:09 > 0:47:13'He did hair transplants and he told me he could fix me
0:47:13 > 0:47:16'and he's basically ruined my life
0:47:16 > 0:47:19'in terms of I can't go out of the house without a hat on.
0:47:19 > 0:47:20'There's a lot of pitting
0:47:20 > 0:47:24'and like a corn-row effect in my crown area.
0:47:24 > 0:47:28'I would say this, Gerry. Once you're cut, you're cut.
0:47:28 > 0:47:31'There's no going back. There's no turning back.'
0:47:35 > 0:47:39The trip to California seems to reveal one horror story after another.
0:47:39 > 0:47:45Gerry had come all this way with high hopes of finding something new.
0:47:45 > 0:47:48But so far Los Angeles had been disappointing.
0:48:06 > 0:48:10There was one last stop before heading home.
0:48:10 > 0:48:12A salon that was trying a new technique
0:48:12 > 0:48:14that was becoming a genuine alternative for some.
0:48:14 > 0:48:16Tattooing.
0:48:17 > 0:48:20Ian Watson has developed a groundbreaking
0:48:20 > 0:48:23cosmetic scalp pigmentation hair technique
0:48:23 > 0:48:27that gives the appearance of a shaven head.
0:48:27 > 0:48:30So, when he's finished, he will look as if he, basically,
0:48:30 > 0:48:34is totally bald, but has had a full head of hair
0:48:34 > 0:48:36but has not shaved it for two days.
0:48:36 > 0:48:37One or two days.
0:48:37 > 0:48:41The idea is that it's Steve's choice to have this type of a shaven style,
0:48:41 > 0:48:43as opposed to looking at this moment in time that
0:48:43 > 0:48:46- he's having to cut his hair short cos he's actually bald.- Right, OK.
0:48:46 > 0:48:49In your case that's exactly what you've done.
0:48:49 > 0:48:52Yes, all this has been completely covered,
0:48:52 > 0:48:55to actually make people believe it's my choice to shave my hair,
0:48:55 > 0:48:59as opposed to walking round looking bald.
0:49:00 > 0:49:03A series of fine needles penetrate the derma layer
0:49:03 > 0:49:05and over a course of two three-hour sessions,
0:49:05 > 0:49:08the look of microfibres are created on the head
0:49:08 > 0:49:12with a specially designed ink, in a variety of colours.
0:49:14 > 0:49:16What kind of a sensation do you have there?
0:49:16 > 0:49:19Do you feel a pricking sensation?
0:49:19 > 0:49:23- Slightly.- But not painful, is it? - Not painful at all.
0:49:23 > 0:49:26We were actually talking earlier.
0:49:26 > 0:49:29We were saying that this look would actually suit you.
0:49:29 > 0:49:32I know you said you wouldn't consider it personally.
0:49:32 > 0:49:36How would it work with me? You mean if I shaved my hair off completely?
0:49:36 > 0:49:39- Yeah.- I have the wrong shaped head. - Everybody says that.
0:49:39 > 0:49:41With my ears I look like the FA Cup.
0:49:41 > 0:49:44You know what the FA Cup is? You don't know what the FA Cup is?
0:49:44 > 0:49:48- Do you know what the FA Cup is?- You wouldn't.- My head looks like that.
0:49:48 > 0:49:51- No, I don't think... What do you think?- I think it would suit you.
0:49:51 > 0:49:55Really? Would it not seem extreme for me, because I'm a Norbert six?!
0:49:55 > 0:49:57I don't know what a Norbert six is.
0:49:57 > 0:49:59I don't look too bad from the front like this.
0:49:59 > 0:50:01You see, I don't look too bad.
0:50:01 > 0:50:04- You've got a front, you've got a front hairline.- You see!
0:50:04 > 0:50:07- And that's not too bad.- That's nice.
0:50:07 > 0:50:10I would need to sacrifice that, you see,
0:50:10 > 0:50:12if I wanted to do your procedure.
0:50:12 > 0:50:15We'd keep within that original hair that you've got.
0:50:15 > 0:50:18We would work behind that hair, so you'd still have a good natural hairline.
0:50:18 > 0:50:21- But you'd have to shave it off! - Yes, you would have to have it very short.
0:50:23 > 0:50:24You haven't followed it back.
0:50:24 > 0:50:27I think it would be a step far for me, I think.
0:50:27 > 0:50:30Tattooing has also become a way
0:50:30 > 0:50:34of dealing with the extreme scarring from botched hair transplants.
0:50:34 > 0:50:36My God, look at that!
0:50:36 > 0:50:38That's just purely from a hair transplant procedure.
0:50:38 > 0:50:42- A hair transplant. Yep.- That's been taken from there.- Right there!
0:50:42 > 0:50:46Right across the back, they've taken it from here as well and he's got...
0:50:46 > 0:50:48Oh! Oh, I don't like the look of that.
0:50:48 > 0:50:51And you... What can you do for that, Ian?
0:50:51 > 0:50:54Basically we'd darkened this white tissue of scar
0:50:54 > 0:50:57to the same colour above the scar
0:50:57 > 0:50:59and basically we'll fade all that down to about there
0:50:59 > 0:51:03and then you won't really see the colour transition of this white tissue.
0:51:03 > 0:51:05It will be the same colour as there, we'll hide all that.
0:51:05 > 0:51:09How did the transplant go apart from the disaster at the back?
0:51:09 > 0:51:11How did it...? Were you happy with it?
0:51:11 > 0:51:12- No. Not at all.- Really? Yes?
0:51:12 > 0:51:19Still had the thinness in the back, like the bald area right here.
0:51:19 > 0:51:23They sell you the dream,
0:51:23 > 0:51:25but the dream is not reality.
0:51:28 > 0:51:30It was the last night in Los Angeles
0:51:30 > 0:51:32and Gerry was mulling everything over in his mind.
0:51:34 > 0:51:37What we did was, I went to see Dr Collins in Dublin, right,
0:51:37 > 0:51:39and then we came here, we went to New York
0:51:39 > 0:51:41we went to Cleveland and we went to Philadelphia.
0:51:41 > 0:51:43We went everywhere and we ended up in LA.
0:51:43 > 0:51:46We ended up sat here in a lovely, beautiful place.
0:51:46 > 0:51:47We're here and we've learnt everything.
0:51:47 > 0:51:51Now, what I have to do now is go back to Dr Collins and talk to him again
0:51:51 > 0:51:53about all of the things that I found out
0:51:53 > 0:51:55and then he'll say to me, "What do you think?"
0:51:55 > 0:51:58And I'll say, "Well, I don't know," and then I might just say to him,
0:51:58 > 0:52:00"OK, go ahead," or I might say, "No." I don't know yet.
0:52:09 > 0:52:13There was one last person I wanted Gerry to meet before we went home.
0:52:13 > 0:52:16Someone who I hoped he would find inspiring.
0:52:21 > 0:52:24- SAT NAV:- 'Arriving at address 318, on right.'
0:52:24 > 0:52:28Is this it here? Is this 318?
0:52:32 > 0:52:37Kayla Martell is a former Miss USA finalist and state beauty queen.
0:52:39 > 0:52:41All the pictures on my right side here are from
0:52:41 > 0:52:44the Miss Delaware pageant when I competed and when I was crowned
0:52:44 > 0:52:46and on the left side here they represent
0:52:46 > 0:52:50the Miss America pageant, where I competed in Las Vegas in January.
0:52:50 > 0:52:53I won the swimsuit award that year.
0:52:53 > 0:52:57- I have to say that you do not look ugly in a swimsuit.- Thank you!
0:52:57 > 0:53:02- Thank you!- Calm down, Gerry! I told you, Kayla!- I just had to say that.
0:53:02 > 0:53:05She swore your eyes would pick up on that picture.
0:53:05 > 0:53:07Her name is first runner-up and they called me as the winner
0:53:07 > 0:53:11of Miss Delaware, and I really don't remember the moment much at all,
0:53:11 > 0:53:14but that looks like I'm screaming so...
0:53:14 > 0:53:17Kayla's success is all the more inspiring
0:53:17 > 0:53:20as she lost her hair due to alopecia as a young girl.
0:53:23 > 0:53:25I started competing fresh out of high school,
0:53:25 > 0:53:29my first year, and I placed fourth runner-up my first year. And then...
0:53:29 > 0:53:32- Did you wear a hair piece then or did you go au naturel?- I did not.
0:53:32 > 0:53:33- All natural, yes.- Did you?
0:53:33 > 0:53:37Yes, I competed three times at the Miss Delaware pageant without a wig.
0:53:37 > 0:53:41You know, I actually liked competing without a wig just as much
0:53:41 > 0:53:44as with it, but almost a little bit more because it was so stress-free.
0:53:44 > 0:53:48While the girls were worrying about getting their hair done and everything,
0:53:48 > 0:53:50I was snacking in the back! Relaxing before the show!
0:53:50 > 0:53:54I was ten-years-old when I first started losing my hair
0:53:54 > 0:53:57and the only time I'd really seen women lose their hair in my life
0:53:57 > 0:54:00was because of cancer, so, really my first thought was,
0:54:00 > 0:54:02"Either I've done something wrong or I'm dying."
0:54:02 > 0:54:05To hear that it was just my body attacking itself
0:54:05 > 0:54:09and my hair was falling out, sounded much less severe.
0:54:09 > 0:54:11Normally I only wear the wig when I'm dressing up.
0:54:11 > 0:54:13I think of it as a really nice pair of high heels.
0:54:13 > 0:54:16It's hot in here anyway, so this is nice.
0:54:16 > 0:54:18You have to feel the inside, feel how hot it is.
0:54:18 > 0:54:20- That is hot. - Yes, it's like wearing a winter hat.
0:54:20 > 0:54:23- Yes, yes, yes.- Inside! You know, nobody does that.
0:54:23 > 0:54:26He gets so warm. That's why, at school, I never wear it,
0:54:26 > 0:54:28because once you're wearing it you're committed to it.
0:54:28 > 0:54:31You've got what I'd describe as a stubble, would you not shave that?
0:54:31 > 0:54:34I do normally, yes. I've kind of let this grow in
0:54:34 > 0:54:37and I'll shave it when I get back from vacation.
0:54:37 > 0:54:39It's kind of a buffer between the sun and my head right now.
0:54:39 > 0:54:42I think someone's confidence is really the key to it all
0:54:42 > 0:54:47because you can pay for the most expensive wig or you could buy a 50 wig
0:54:47 > 0:54:51and it doesn't make a difference if you don't feel confident.
0:54:51 > 0:54:54So I think, for me, this is how I normally feel,
0:54:54 > 0:54:58just confident as I am because this is me and I can't change it,
0:54:58 > 0:55:01so I just choose to embrace it.
0:55:16 > 0:55:20- This is everything. - That's what I call everything!
0:55:23 > 0:55:26Kayla's positive outlook on her hair loss
0:55:26 > 0:55:29and the experiences of all the people that we've met on our trip
0:55:29 > 0:55:32have certainly given Gerry a lot to think about.
0:55:32 > 0:55:36The nice thing about her was that she was not a bit self-conscious
0:55:36 > 0:55:39and she can take the wig or leave it.
0:55:39 > 0:55:43She doesn't really care one way or the other.
0:55:45 > 0:55:49You get the feeling that a lot of the people who desperately want hair,
0:55:49 > 0:55:53they want it for reasons that you'd probably rather not think about.
0:55:53 > 0:55:57It tells you more about them than anything else, I think.
0:56:03 > 0:56:05RADIO JINGLE PLAYS
0:56:05 > 0:56:06'Gerry Anderson.
0:56:08 > 0:56:10'On BBC Radio Ulster.'
0:56:14 > 0:56:18'There's a Mexican kind of a dog, it has only hair on its...'
0:56:18 > 0:56:21I hadn't seen or heard from Gerry for a few weeks
0:56:21 > 0:56:24and I was curious to know whether he'd decided
0:56:24 > 0:56:26to go through with the hair transplant or not.
0:56:40 > 0:56:42I've been thinking about this thing.
0:56:43 > 0:56:45You know, it's an odd kind of thing.
0:56:45 > 0:56:47You waver back and forward.
0:56:47 > 0:56:50I think possibly the best way to make up your mind
0:56:50 > 0:56:53is to take some time with it and then you make up your mind
0:56:53 > 0:56:55and then you sleep on it and then you're not sure the next day
0:56:55 > 0:56:57and then you forget about it for the next two days.
0:56:57 > 0:57:01And then you think about it again and then you talk about it in your head.
0:57:01 > 0:57:04And I didn't talk to much to other people because I'm...
0:57:04 > 0:57:07I'm a funny kind of a person, I don't like taking advice, you know?
0:57:07 > 0:57:09Because, I just couldn't be bothered,
0:57:09 > 0:57:11because you can feel it in your water.
0:57:13 > 0:57:18So it actually comes down to the fact, why do you want to do this?
0:57:18 > 0:57:19And I can't think of a good enough reason.
0:57:21 > 0:57:22I don't think I know.
0:57:22 > 0:57:26- I don't want it badly enough. - When did you change your mind?
0:57:26 > 0:57:29- I changed my mind over a long period. - But you didn't tell me.
0:57:29 > 0:57:31I didn't tell you, no, because I wasn't sure myself
0:57:31 > 0:57:35and I woke up one day and I said, "No, I'm not going to do this,"
0:57:35 > 0:57:38because I realised that I didn't want to.
0:57:39 > 0:57:41I didn't want to.
0:57:41 > 0:57:44And my instinct tells me, don't do this, don't do this.
0:57:45 > 0:57:46So I'm not doing it.
0:57:50 > 0:57:51Yet!
0:57:54 > 0:57:56Besides, why would I want a hair transplant?
0:57:56 > 0:57:58I've got a laser hat!
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